Amazon has finally introduced lending functionality for ebooks purchased for its Kindle reader. This comes as welcome news, but has a few drawbacks. Some of the limitations are listed below.

1. 14 day period – If you don’t have a lot of time, or are reading a long book you might not finish a book in two weeks. This can be a major problem when combined with the next limitation.

2. Ebooks can only be lent once – hope you finish it in 14 days, or you might be buying it anyway.

3. Not all titles are lendable – The publisher or rights holder determines whether or not a particular ebook can be lent or not. Per Amazon’s website: “Titles that are eligible for lending, as determined by the publisher or rights holder, will have a message on the product detail page. Scroll down to the “Product Details” section and look for “Lending: Enabled”.”